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TESTING SYSTEM Filed April 13, 1934 13 Sheets-Sheet l5 /N VEN TOR By A. E. HERsEy 6.31. M'

A TTORNEY Patented June 1.1, 1935A TESTINGr SYSTEM l Application April 13, 1934, Serial No. '720,368

26 Claims. (Ci. 179-175.23)

This invention relates to testing arrangements for telephone systems and has for itslobject to functions of register facilitate the testing of the senders.

In the testing of register senders it is customary to transmit to the sender the digits comprising telephone designations and to receive these designation from the sender in the same or a translated operated while the transmitting and receiving means are made successively effective or are released as the transmitting means is associated with each keyset in turn and are then re-operated to associate the receivingmeans with each keyset in turn. Under certain conditions the sender delays the transmission of a digit until a subsequent digit has been received and the test circuit when testing this conditionv employs an auxiliary pair of relays which are operated for a measured time interval before the subsequent digit is transmitted to test the ability of the senders to wait for that digit. v

Where register senders employ relay type impulsers, it is desirable to test the speedl at which the impulses are generated. In accordance Awith the present invention means are provided for associating the sender impulser and the test circuit receiving means without involving the digit registers and other control equipment and the receiving means controls a lamp by means of which the speed oi pulsing may be determined.

For a clearer understanding of the invention reference is made to the following description which may be read in connection with the attached drawings. The drawings include fourteen figures of which:

Figs. 1 to 5 and 10 to 13',A inclusive, disclose the of the present disclosure are copies o f the cor-v respondingly numbered figures of thatv patent. The figures disclosing the present circuit have been so numbered as to permit retaining the original reference numerals for the sender to facilitate reference to the Henry patent. v

The senderis arranged to handle asmany asI four classes of calls which may be fixed or variable, that is, may include only calls requiring the registration and transmission of va fixed numbergof digits or may include calls requiring the registration and transmission of'several different numbers of digits. "In addition the sender may, or may not, be required to start ringing the wanted subscriber. A shortened time interval maybe required between certain digits and the transmission of' certain digits may or may not be delayed until after the registration of a subsequent digit.

A comprehensive system of strapping permits arranging these functionsto agree` with the condi tions at the oflicev at .which suona' sender is used.

In the Henry patent the straps are arranged'tov provide the following four classes:

Class A-Fixedclass of 'four digitsringing may be requiredshortened time intervalbefore fourth digit-no digit. delayed. Class B-Variable class', maximum of eight digitsringing never requiredshortened time interval only before eighth digitfirst and second digits delayed. Class C-Fixed class of -live digits-*ringingr never required-shortened time interval before the fifth digit-no digit delayed. l

Class D-Variable class, maximum` of; j eight digitsringing may be requiredshortened-time interval onlybeforejeighth digit-first andsecond digits delayed. In order that the test circuit may likewise loe arranged to correspond to the senders to be tested, itis provided with four class keys l HB3 to llli.`

` The keysA correspond to classes C, D,A and 13, re-` spective1y. The twoouter upper` and twopouter lower contacts of these keys determine the con-.

nection of battery and ground to the .key puls-V ing conductors and the fundamentalcircuit in simulation of the action. of thetrunk circuit. The inner upper contact tells the testcircuit whether or not it must test for delayed transmission of certain digits, while the inner lower,

contact marks the last digit which may be trans-' r mitted or receivedv for the particular class. Special keys sla and als amused for controlling the f y fitiis Idea keyset including a strip of keys and a pair of transfer relays for each possible digit, a set of pulsing relays for transmitting designations to the sender under the controler the keyset and a set of countingrelays for counting the pulses transmitted by the sender in combination with the keyset to determine whether the number of pulses received is correct. Furthermore, lamps are provided for each counting relay, foreach digit and for each stage of the operation of the test circuit so that in case of failure the point of failure may be identified. a

A number o specialtest keys are provided including keys 3|5 and SIS for testing theringing function, key 30| which tests` for the response. of the sender to a premature disconnection, key which is employed in testing the-speedof the sender impulses, key I |09 Which adapts. the test circuit to transmit the complete designation before permitting the sender to transmit any digits,` the key |320 which prepares the test circuit to receive a reorder signal 'from the sender and key |3|8 Which causes the sender to transmit a reorder signal after its time alarm circuit has functioned.

-` Test of registration A`Assuming that thev rst test to be madeisthe registration test, that it is to be made on all senders, and that the rst sender selector 500 is standing in the rst operative position, class key |00 will rbe operated since itis desirable to make registration on all registers which is possible under the assumed conditionsonly With a variable class and since it is not desired to test immediate ringing. Registration test key H09 -vvill be operated together with one digit key in each row of the keyset. The test call may conveniently be Chelsea 3-15'79M and keys 002, M4, 023 and M0 will be operated as Well asathe first key in the a fourth rovv, the fifth key in the iith row, the

seventh key in the. sixth row and the ninth key in the seventh row which have not been shown.

Last of all the start key |3|5. is operated, TheA operation of key |3|5 in turn'operat'es relay'i20l and connects ground from the left back contact of relay |309 over the left operated contact of` key |3|5 tothe sender busy lamp 321. The key 3|2, which controls theA circuits of the lamps of Eig; 3, may be operated'prior to the operation of the start key to permit the lighting of the lamps as' the operation of the testy circuit progresses or maybe left unoperated leaving the lamps dark until a trouble is encountered,Y as desired.

With relay |20! operated, vground'is connected over conductor |221 tothe timing circuitI to start its operation. A circuit isy alsoclosed frombattery through resistance ,|2I8, Winding of relay |-2|5, inner right back contact of relay |309, outer right back contact of relay |301; back contact of relay |2||, conductor |2244, to ground at the middle right contact of relay |20| Relay' |2|5 at its inner right Contact completes the circuit of relay |200 and at its left front contact, provides locking ground for relay 509 independent of relay 0. Relay I2 i5 also connects ground fromthe outer left contact `of relay conductor |2|9, inner left back contact ofj relay |3|0, outer right front contact of relay l2|5 to conductor |230, providing locking circuits for the timing relays |202 to |200, and |302.v The.

connectionofground to conductor |219` by relay |20! also closes a circuit irombatterythrough.

the middle Winding of relay |003, for electrically polarizing relay |003. The connection of ground to conductor |220v by relay |20| also closes a circuit over the right normal contact of relay |2|3, lower normalcontact of key over the corresponding contacts of the keys of intermediate sender selectors, lower normal contact of key 5| inner left back contact of relay 5|0 to the Windings of relays 508 and 509 in parallel. The operation of relays 508 and 50S connects brushes 50| to 506 of the rst sender selector 000 through to the testing equipment.

lAssuming that selector .500 is resting on terminals leading to an idle sender `which is characterized by battery through a resistance con-v nected to conductor 5|9, a circuit will be closed from battery through resistance 502, inner left back contact of yrelay 00|, inner right back contact of relay 602, conductor 5|9, brush 500, outer right contact of relay 509, left winding of relay |209-, right contacts of relay |200, middle Winding of relay |209to grounded conductor- |220.

A circuit also extends from battery through the right Winding vof relay |200 over the right contacts of relay |200 and through the middle Winding ofrelay |209 to'grounded conductor |224. Relay |209 Will operatein this circuit and lock through its left YWinding alone directly to ground.

the test circuit and a link circuit should test tact, back contact of relay |203, left back contact of relay |200, conductor |222, outer right back contact of relay |301, left back contact of relay |2|4 to grounded conductorL |220. Relay |3 closes a. circuit 'fromjbatterm through the Winding of relay |303, left front contact of relay |3|| to grounded conductor l2|9.'

' Relay |303 closes an' obvious circuit for relay |309, and extends the fundamental tip conductor 53| and fundamental ring conductor 330 to the class key H00.y Italso closes a circuit from battery through resistance |310 through .the windingsv of sensitive relayv |305 and marginal relay |300in parallel, through resistance ISI?,

i the shunt around this resistance being opened by the operation of relay '|3I0, middle right contact o-i relay' |303, youter lower left normal contact of key i0 I', conductor |20,outer right contact ofjrelay 508, brush 505, conductor 527, left and middle windings of relay`003 and in shunt of the right Winding of relay 003 to ground over the upper normal contactoi relay 5004 and the upper back Contact of relay` 605.

lThe operation of relay |309 opens thecircuit of relay |2|5 which now releases. Relay |309 also connects ground from conductor |222 over the innerright front contact of relay |309 and the middle left contact of relay |303 to conductor |230 to provide a new locking circuit for the timing relays |202, |203, |203, |30| and |302.

It also disconnects ground from the sender busyv lamp 321 and connects ground over the back contact of relay |304 tothe sender control lamp 325 andover the right front contact of relay |3|0 to the oil-normal lamp 326. Relay |2|5 in releasin'g opens the circuit of relay i206 which also releases and opens thelocking circuit of relay 569. However, relay 589 is held operated over its operating winding.

The circuit above traced through relays ISGS and i306 and the sender relay 6533 tests the ability of relay 683 to operate in series with a given maximum resistance. Assuming that relayv @o3 operates, an obvious circuit is closed for relay BBS which in turn closes an obvious circuit for relay 60B. Relay 6G@ disconnects battery through resistance 02 from conductor SIS to mark the sender busy to link circuits, connects ground to conductor 631 extending to the sender time alarm circuit and connects the right winding of the sender time alarm relay 'ISB to conductor G98. Relay 6% also closes an operating circuit from ground at its inner lower front Contact, over conductor 6m, to battery through the winding of relay 'II which operates closing ground to conductors 698, Bill, 882, Sil@ and 99| for furnishing locking ground to the sender register relays and closing a circuit over conductor '132 to battery through the winding of relay SI I. In addition, relay 366 closes an operating circuit for transfer relays 823 and S64 in series over conductor SII, outer right back Contact of relay '593, conductor 'iii to ground at the inner upper `front contact of relay 606. Relay 893 closes a locking circuit for itself and relay 8911 over its upper iront contact, upper back contact of relay Siti, conductor 8 I 2, upper back contact of relay t i 2 to ground o-n conductor i8@- and extends its locking ground over conductor B2i, right normal contact and winding of relay 'IBS to battery. Relay 'IUS opcrates and locks over its right alternate contacts to ground on conductor 'Iiii and opens the initial operating circuit of relays S93 and 8M. Relay 86d upon operating connects the operating windings of relays 805 to 828, inclusive, of the first sender register to the contacts of the key pulsing relays 75, itt, H5 and TIG, in readiness to register the first digit transmitted by the test circuit.

If relay 663 fails to operate, battery through 'resistance 6D? remains attached to conductor 5I9 and relay IZS remains operated to prevent the advance ofthe test and permit the timing relays of the test circuit to operate and sound an alarm.

If relay 603 operates as it should, relay I2li9 releases in turn releasing relay ISI. Relay i3 il! closes a shunt around resistance ISI'I thereby permitting relay I'o'il to operate in series with relay 603. Relay I 30S being marginal does not receive suiiicient current at this time and remains unoperated. The operation of relay I 355 closes a circuit for relay I 3114 over the back contact of relay i3I2. Relay i302 operates relay i368 and closes a circuit over the inner right back contact of relay I3'l for relay i265. Relay ISM locks in a circuit from battery through its left winding and inner left contact, right back contact of relay I3I2, lower normal contact of key ISM, conductor I3i9, right back contact of relay 202, inner left back contact of relay 2HE, conductor 223, outer left front contact of relay i253@ to grounded conductor i222. A temporary locking circuit extends to conductor 223 as above traced and thence over the inner right Contact of relay I 303 and the left contact of relay ISII to grounded conductor I2I9, which circuit is effective if relay I3Ii5 operates prior to the shunting of the resistance I3Il. Relay ISDE also disconnects ground from lamp 325. Relay |308 locks over its left front contactl to grounded conductor me and'thus remains' operated untilv the start key I3I5 is'restored.

Relay i200 connects ground directly to conduc.-

tors i223 and I23I and extends ground from conductor I222, to conductor'223. The connection of ground to conductor I23I completes a circuit to battery through resistance II and the winding of relay IDIIl. Relay i266 also closes a locking circuit for relay IZIJI which extends over the inner right contactof relay I 26 I outer right contact of relay I 20D and the outer left contact of relay I ZiiI. The connection of ground to conductor 223 serves to hold relay Iiili operated and provides a locking circuit for other relays. Relay I 200 also disconnects ground from the locking circuit of relay ISI Assuming that the key i22 is normalso that a complete test of the senders of the office is to be made, the operation of relay i202 also closes a circuit from battery through the Winding of complete test meter I 2l 6, lower normal contact of key i226, normal contact'of relay I2IE3, inner lower right normal contact of key I IiiI to ground on conductor i223. Meter I2I6 in operating, closes an obvious circuit for relay IZIG which locks overV the operating circuit for meter I 2i *5 independent of the repeat key |222. Ground con` nected to conductor 223 also completes a circuit over the left back contact of relay 2%, outer left back contact of relay 3&2, windings of relays E65 and IG@ in series to battery. Relay IM closes the locking circuit for the two relaysover its outer left front Contact, left back contact of relay m2, left back contact of relay I @l -to grounded conductor 223. It also connects ground over its inner left Contact to battery through the inner normal contact and winding of relay 302. Relay 322 opens theoperating circuit of relays IM and 05 and locks over its iront contact and the back contact of relay`2ii to grounded conductor 223. Conductor 223 is also extended through resistance I IQE to the right winding of relay 305 thereby operating relays 3513, 3M and 305 and preparing them to act as a relay interrupter.

When relay Illl releases with relay I ifi operated as above described, it extinguishes lamp 326 and closes a circuit from battery through resistance 226i, winding of relay 2 It, left iront contact of relay ISM, outer left back contact of relay I3I0 to ground. Relay ZIB closes an additional locking circuit for relay ISM which extends as previously traced to conductor ISIS and over the inner lower normal contact of key SEBI and the outer right contact of relay 2 Iii to groundedconductor 223. `Relay 2I8 also connects ground overA its innerleft contact to the winding of relay 2I2, normal contact oi relay 2I2, outer left contact of relay 2I8, conductor 226 to contacts of class keys H03, IHM, IIIJE and. I ISG and also connects 2li-volt battery through resistance 225 over the outer left back contact of relay 2I3, inner right front'contact of relay 2 i8, conductor 22'I to otherV contacts of class keysA H23 toiit. These circuits are completed to either conductor 531i or 529, dependent upon which class key is operated, as an operate test of relay GIS or relay 6 It in the sender circuit. Since key I IBS is operated, ground on conductor 226 will be extended over the outer upper contact of key H26, conductor iIIIl, left front contact of relay 5M, brush 5%, conductor 529, upper back Contact of relay 5IS,-lower'back contact of relay 6M, Winding of relay 6M to brush 500, conductor53'l,` inner upper back contact of relay 3M, lower back Contact of relay'lB, through the winding of relay M3 to ground at the outer upper contact of relay 503 Relay 0|3, therefore operates and relay 3M does not. Relayl Slocks in a circuit from ground at the outer upper contact of relaylll, windingof-relay 6|3, outer lower front contacter relay 6|3 to battery through resistance B2i. Relay @i3 operated extends conductor53'l over the inner upper `back contact' of relay till, inner lowerfront contact of relay SiS, outer-upper back contact'of relay SI2, conductor i523, Vthrough the windings of re- A lays H5, lili and '|523 in series to y24e-volt 'battery,

and extends conductor 529i over the inner upper front contact of-relay SIS, lower back contact of relay 6|2, conductor i322,v through the windingsk of relays 105, 'i023 and 'l lt to 24-volt battery. The sender is now ready to receive a designation from the test circuit.

- W hen conductor 52$ is transferred from ground through relay Edil tobattery through the windings of relays l', TG5, and lili, relay 2|2 oper-` ates locking in a circuit from ground at the inner 2 l closes a circuit from grounded conductor 223,

inner upper contact of key |22l, left back contact of relay 2011, outer upper normal contact of key i3| 8, right front contact of relay 2M, left back contact oi relay 235, outer lower right operated contact of key H00, conductor Il itl to the arma.- ture of relay 3533. Since relay 303 is'operated, this ground extends over the front Contact of relay 303 to resistance 3|3 and battery in shunt of the windings of relays 333, 300 and 335. Relays 303, 3&4 and 305 constitute the key pulsing interrupter and' when relay i238 connects ground to conductor 223 relays 303, 30e and 305 operate in series between this ground and battery through resistance 3|3. At the same time a circuit extends from ground through condenser 3M, through the left winding of relay 303, right winding of relay 3013 and left windingof relay 303 to battery through resistance 3|3 in which condenser 3M is charged. When new relay Zld'connects ground to the armature of relay 3%, ground is connected to both Vsides of the operative windings vor" relays 303, 3511i and 305 and these relays start to release.'

release and reoperation of the interrupter relays.`

The capacityfo' the condenser and the size of the resistances 3|3 and 3|? are adjusted so that 'the relays operate and release at approximately .050 second intervals. v Y l The iirst release of relay r303 connects conductor i l l which is grounded over the circuit above traced, over the back contact of relay 303, outer" ,left backcontact of relay2lll, left back Contact of relay 301, inner left back contact of relay308 through the winding of relay 306 to battery. Relay 306 prepares a locking circuit for itself through its winding and the winding of relay 301,'front contact of relay 306, outer left back contact of relay 308, right back contact of relay 222 to grounded conductor 223. When relay 303 again operates, relay 301 operates inthis locking circuit, extending the pulsing conductors vfrom the Contact of relay 30d, over the inner right contact of relay 301 to the middle right armature of relay |05 and over theffront contact of thatv armature to the outer right contacts of the first row of keys, and from the contact of relay 335, over the outer right lcontact of relay 307 to the inner right armature and front contact of relay |05 ,and thence to the inner right contacts of the rst row of keys. At this time thecontacts of relays 304 and 305 are opened so that no pulse is transmitted. The function of relays 306 and 301 is to absorb the rst pulse which may not be of standard duration.

, When nowV relays 303, 304 and 305 again release, llS-volt battery throughhigh resistance 08| is connected over the right contact of key S02 to the inner right armature of relay |35 and thence as previously traced-by way ofthe contactl of relay mit and class key H06 to conductor 529 and the windings of relays 705, '|05 and l lll. The current flow in thisv circuit operates sensitive relay lill and is in the correct direction to operate polarized relay 705, but is of insuicient strength to operate marginal relay 706. Relay *lill closes a circuit from ground at' its front contact to conductor 822, lower front contact of rrelay 803 to the winding of relay M3 and battery. Relay 0|3 locks through the winding of relay Sill, middle upper contact of relay M3, back Contact of relay 324, to ground on conductor 8|2, but relay 8|@ being shunted as long as relay 'im remains operated does not operate at thisy time. Polarized relay 105 connects ground overits front contact to conductor 72|, outer lowerffront contact of relay B04 and the upper winding of .relay 806 to battery. Relay 30S locks through its lower winding to grounded conductor 80B. f

At the same time, groundis connected from conductor Hlil over the back contact of relay 303 tothe left armature of relay 307 as previously described. With relay 33? operated this circuit extends over the left front contact of relay 30'?, inner upper right operated contact or key H09,

conductor H13, right front contact of relay |015,

inner right back contact of relay lill, winding of relay |06 to battery. Relay |05 closes a locking circuit throught-.he winding of relay lill over theY inner-left contactiof relay |00, back Contact of relay |09 to grounded conductor 223, 'but relay lill is shunted as long as relay 303 remains deenergized. Atthe nextoperation of relay 303, relay-|07 operates in the locking circuit of relay |05 and relay elli operatesin the locking circuitv of relay 313, thus preparing the key set and -register for the next digit. Relay |31 also opens the locking circuit of-relays Mit and |05 so that these relays release, disconnecting the iirst row of keys from the pulsing conductors. Similarly relay 851i opens the` locking circuit of relaysy 803 and' 001i, 4disconnecting the first register from the pulsingconductors. lt is to be noted that the pulsing conductors for the second digit extend over the back contactsof relay lill. VRelays mi, |02 and |03 are used when it is desired to test the abilityof the sender to wait for delayed'dialing and the function of these relays will be described hereinafter.l Since keylll *is operated, when2 relays 334 and 335 release, battery through high resistance 48| is connected to conductor 531, resulting in the operation of sensitive relay 126| and polarized relay H5. Relay '|24 connects ground to conductor i322 which, with relay 833 released and relay 83 operated, completes the operating circuit for relay 823, which locks through the winding of relay S23 under the control of relay 934. Relay '|55 connects ground to conductor '|23 and over the inner upper front contact of relay ll to the upper winding of relay 8H and battery. Relay 8H locks to grounded conductor In a similar manner transfer relays |28 and |39 and those for the intermediate digits are successiVely operated and released by the next pair of transfer relays until relays |||l and l corresponding to the last digit are operated. Likewise the transfer' relays S93 and 396, SIS andlSl, 923 and 9243, 933 and 35 are operated and released, relays 943 and 9114 being operated at the same time that relays HB and are operated. Relays and lock'over the left front contact of relay 5|!) and the left back contact of relay A|235 to grounded conductor 223. The operated keys of the test circuit result in the operation of register relays 856 and 3H as above described and in a similar manner in the operation of relays 825, 823, 935, Sis, 926, 928, 331, 938, 345 and 948. When relays 'lldand '|24 operate during the transmission of the last digit, they both conneet ground to conductor 822 which extends over the back contacts of relays 803, 8|3, 323, S03, M3, 923, 93S and the lower front contact or relay 933 to the winding of relay 953 and battery. Relay 953 locks through the winding of relay 954, front contact of relay 953, conductor SI2, inner upper back contact of relay SI2 to ground at the inner upper front contact of relay 626. When the last pulse terminates, relay S53 operates in this locking circuit and a circuit is closed from battery through the windings of relays 625 and 6| 2 in series, conductor Sil!! and conductor 'i59, iront contact of relay 354, to grounded conductor 104, relays 3 l2 and 325 locking over the front contact of relay B to grounded conductor '163. When relay 6|2 operates, the locking circuit of relays 953 and 354 is opened. Since the operation of relay 954 also opens the locking circuit of relays 943 and 9M, all of the transfer relays are now released. Y

When relay 303 closes its back contact during rfthe transmission of the last digit, with relays I8 and l l operated, a circuit is closed from ground on conductor IMG, back contact of relay 323, left back contact of relay 2|9, left iront contact of relay 307, inner upper operated contact of key H29, conductor |||3, back contacts of relays |33, |33, |36, |08 and the similar contacts of the relays corresponding to the fourth to kseventh digits, inner right front contact of relay H9, conductor H2, inner lower operated contact or" key HB6, conductor lill, right back contact of relay 235, Winding of relay 2535 to battery. Relay 263. closes a locking circuit for itself `through the winding of relay 225, left front contact of relay 263. to grounded conductor 223, but relay 265 does not operate until the termination of the last digit. When this occurs relay 235 transfers the operating circuit of relay 233 over the right front con-r tact of relay 235 to the right back contact of relay 2 ||3 and the winding of relay 23S and battery. However, relay 285 also disconnects ground from the contact of relay 303, thus rendering this circuit ineective at the present time.

When relay BH2 operates,it disconnects `the winding of the impulse relays l'|||5, H6 and '|24 from conductor 53| and Vextends that conductor over the upper `front Contacty of relay 6|2, conductor 621, left back contact of relay 125, outer left back contact of relay '|26 to iS-volt battery through the left winding ofv relay 128. It likewise ,disconnects the windings of impulse relays 'm5,A

kllii and ill from conductor 523l and extends that conductor over the lower front contact of vrelay t l 2, conductor 626, right backcontact of relay '125, inner left back contact of relay '|26 to L8-volt batterythrough vthe right winding of relay '|2'|.

ln the test circuit, a branch fof the lpulsing circuit closed over conductor 531," extends in parallel with the contact of `interrupter relay 303 over` the upper normal contact of keys 3 I5 and 316 to the winding of polarized relay 237 and 2li-Volt battery, while a branch lof the pulsing circuit closed over conductor 52S, extendslin parallel with the lcontact of interrupter relay 335 over the lower normal contact of key 3|5, inner lower normal contact of key 3|@ to the winding of polarized relay 258 and :Z4-volt battery. The circuits closed by the test circuit in pulsing to the sender were not in such a direction as to operate the polarized relays 201 and 238, but the Liii-volt `battery connected to the pulsing leads by the sender at the termination of pulsing does operate these relays and a circuit is closed from ground over the'front contact of relay 23'?, front contact of relay 208, winding of relay 2|5 to battery. Relay 2|5 locks over its outer right contact to grounded conductor 223 and connects ground over its inner right vcon'- tact through resistances 223 and 230 to the winding of relay 238 to hold that relay operated. This ground also shunts the 24-volt battery from the corresponding pulsing conductor and closes a nonoperate test circuit for relay '|23 of the sender. This test is maintained until ythe, test of selections has been completed and relay Ziiilhas operated.

The operation of relay 236,' as above described, opens the locking circuit for relay32 while relay 235 in operating vcloses a circuit from 4battery through the Winding of relay 2|6, inner left frontcontact of relay 225 t-o grounded conductor 223.V Relay 2|3 at its outer right4 contact lightslamp 323 to indicate that the fundamental circuit is closed. v With relay 2 I3 operated and relay 332 released, a circuit vis closed from` battery through the'windings of relays |23' and |25V in series, outer back contact of relay 332, inner left front contact of relay 2|3 to groundedconductor 223. Relays |65 and |34 lock as previously described and relay' E35 opens-the locking` circuit of relays lill and thereby releasing them'.` Relay 2| also connects battery through resistance 23| over the outer left kContact of relay 2|.6 to the right `winding of relay |333, left back contact of relay` 2| l, middle lower operated contact of key 35, back contact of relay 233, conductor 232,

tip contact of jack |323, inner left relayv |303,

conductor |322, inner left Contact of. relay 533, brush 522, to conductorl 53|. It .also connects ground over its middle right contact, left winding of relay |303, right back contact ofrelay 2H, lowermost operated contact of key H25, conductor |l||2,.ring contact of jack |320, outer right contact of relay |333, conduct-orl32 l, vouter left contact of relay 503, brush 50|, to conductor 538.

In the sender the operation of relay 3| established a circuit for operating impulse generating relays '|30 and 73| extending from ground at"its inner upper front contact, conductorsy 628, 629

of jack 134, left windings of polarized relays 130 uand 13|, upper contacts of jack`134, resistance 136 to battery, in preparation for pulsing to selectors. Relays 130 and v13| Vboth operate. With relay 130v operated a circuit for relay |003 may be traced from conductor 53|, lower back contact of relay 6|1, inner. lower rfront contact of relay 6H, outer lower -contact of relay 604, through the windings of relays 6|3 and 6|9 in series, conductor 620, over the back contact of relay `1| I or the front contact of relay 130 in parallel, conductor 1|2, upper back` contact of relay 6|1 to conductor 538. Relay |003 operates in this circuit.

Relay |003 in operating closes a circuit from battery through the windingpf relay |001, front contact of relay |003, Yinner left back contact of relay2 I9, outer left back contact of relay 2|0 to grounded conductor`223. Relay |001'closes a circuit from battery through the winding of relay |002, outer left contact of `relay left front Contact of relay |001, inner lower left normal contact of key ||0|, back contact of relay |03! to grounded conductor 223. Relay |002 locks over its inner right contact to its operating circuit independent of the contacts of relays |00| and |001. Relay |002 closes a circuit from battery throughthe winding of relay |004, inner left contact of relay |002 to grounded conductor |223. Relay |004 in turn operates relay |005 which connects ground over its right contacts to conductors |052,-|053 and |054`for purposes which will appear hereinafter. Relay |002 also connects ground from conductor |223 over its outer left contact to the winding of relay |606, which locks to conductor |223 independent of relay |002. Relay |006 preparesk the counting relay circuit for, the first digit, k,which may be tracedy from ground to the armature of relay |003 as above, and over the back Contact of relay |603, left frontjcontact of relay |0|0, left back contact of the counting relay |03I, left contact of relay |006, back contact of relay |009, right back conta'ct of relayk |00l, outer right iront contact of relay |05, `left normal contact ofl key 404, left operated'contact of key 402, back contact of relay |032 to the winding of relay |022 and battery. T his circuit remains openuntil relay |003 is released by the action of the` sender.

In the sender the closure ofthe fundamental circuit through the windings of relay |003 and the windings of relays 6|0 and v6|8, produced curg rent ow which was in such a direction as to operate relay 6|8.' Relay 6|8 connects ground from conductor 104 over its front contact, lower back contact of relay 6 |6 to the winding of relay 6 l5 and battery. With relay 6 3 operated the operation of relayv 6|5 completes a circuit from ground over the outer upper back contact of relay 6|4, outer upper front contact of relay 6 I3, middle upper front contact of relay 6|5, conductor 1|0 through the winding of class relay 1|0 to battery. Relay 1|0v in lturn closes a circuit fromv ground at its outerright contact vthrough the winding of relay A131 and battery. The sender has now received the complete' class designation and is ready to control selections. i

With relay 131 operated, thejcircuit Afor conftrolling the transmission ofthe first set of selective pulses is closed, the circuit extending from battery through the winding of relay 809, upper back contact of transfer relay 8|0, lower'back contact of relay 803, straps 652, conductor ,and 630, resistances 132 and 133, resistance 135 to batteryandin parallel over the lower contacts 68|, outer right front contact of relay 131, conductor 161, straps 655 and 656, conductor 81|, strap 862, lower back contact of transfer relay 8|3, straps 651 and 658, conductor 835, inner lef-t front contact of relay 103.conductor 140, outer y left: back contactof relay 836, conductor 633 to ground at the inner lower front contact of relay 6 5. Relay 809 upon operating locks through the upper winding of relay 0 I0, lower front contact of relay 809, conductor 852, right back contact of counting relay 842, conductor 634 to ground at the middle lower front contact of relay 606. Relay 8|0 being shunted does not operate at this time.y

Relay v809 also closes a circuit from ground on conductor 630, inner lower front contact ofrelay 809, conductor 635, upperback Contact of relay 636, back contact of relay 631, upper back Acontact of relay 638, inner lower back contact of relay 604, conductor 639, front contact of relay 13|, upper contact of jack 134left windings of relays 13|v and 1307 lower contactof jack 134 to battery through resistance |35 and in parallel ywith the left windings of relays 13a, ist to bat:

Contact of countingrelay 836, right back contact of counting relay 838, back contact of counting relay 854 to battery through the winding of counting relay 853. Relay 853 upon operating locks through the winding of relayY 854, front contact of relay 853, left-back contact of relay 330 to ground on conductor 634, but relay 854 being shunted does not operate until relay 13| has reoperated.- Relay 854 upon operating extends ground from conductor .634 overthe left back contact of relay 838, inner left .contact of relay 854 to the armatures of the Nos. 6 and 1 counting relays 849 and affording locking ground for these relays; over the back contact of relay 85| to the armatures of the Nos. 3 to 5 counting relays 843, 845 and 841 .for locking these relays Vwhen' operated,I andat its outer left Contact connects ground from conductor 634 over conductor y|540 to battery through thewinding yof the pulse help relay 1| Relay1|| upon operating closes a shunt around the windings of relays @wand 6|9 extending from conductorv 620, right front contact of lrelay 1| to conductor`r 64 thus remove and at its leftcontact opens one point in the fundamental circuit, thus placing the fundamentalv circuit under thecontrol of relay 130. `The next releaseof relay opens the fundamental circuit permitting the release of relay |003. With register relay 806 operated, the simultaneous release of relay 13| connects ground from its back Contact, conductor 153, right back contact of relay 836, right back Contact of counting relay 838, right front contact of relay 854, left back contact of relay 850, back contact of relay 840, middle 'upper contact of transfer relay 800, back yContact of relay 801, front contact of relay 856,

'ing these relays fromthe fundamental `circuit lower back contact of relay 805, winding of relay 840 operates in this locking circuit. At `the next release or relay lti, the counting relay circuit extends as above traced to the armature of relay Stil, and over the front Contact of that relay, outer upper contact of relay 3%, back contact oi relay E, inner back Contact of relay E55 to the winding of relay S39 and battery. Relay 839 locks through the winding of relay 338 over the left back contact of relay 835 to ground over conductor tti. Relay 838 operates when relay isi reoperates, and opens the locking circuit of relays 353 and 356.- which now release in turn releasing relay lll.

When relay 'lil releases the windings of relays 6 l 8 and l l S are again connected into the fundamental circuit. The further operation of relays 'it and 773i is ineilective to transmit impulses to the fundamental circuit since the contact of relay 'it is now shunted by the leit normal contact of relay 1H.

However, the impulses developed by relay 'i3d are still effective and upon the next release of relay FSE a circuit is established which may be traced to conductor 753 and then over the right back contact of relay 835, right front contact of relay 833 to battery through the winding ci relay S3?. Relay 837 operates and locks through the winding of relay iront contact of relay 831, inner lower front contact of relay to ground on conductor 63e. Relay 83E operates in this locking circuit upon the next energization of relay Sl opening at its outer left back contact the shunt around transfer relay Elli which operates in the locking circuit of transfer relay 669. The operation of relays 83S and 837 begins the timing interval which normally serves to permit the selector switch to hunt for an idle trunk in the level of its bank to which its brushes have been moved.

In the test circuit the release of relay lll due to the nrst impulse transmitted by the sender completes the counting relay circuit above traced. Relay l 922 locks in series with relay m32, contact of relay m22, inner upper right normal contact of key Hill, conductor M353, to ground at the middle right contact of relay H385, relay m32 operating when relay E063 reoperates. The second release of relay H393 again completes the counting relay circuit which extends over the front contact of relay m32 to the winding of relay 562i and battery. Relay lii locks through the winding of relay 163i to ground over the inner upper left normal contact and the inner upper right normal contact of key illll to grounded conductor |953.

Relay Il! also follows the pulsing and at the first closure of its back contact closes a circuit from grounded conductor l23l, back contact of relay lllill, outer right contact of relay wat, to the winding of relay loll and battery. Relay lil l l locks over the right Contact of relay itil?. and its own right contact to grounded conductor i23l independent of relay ltll. With relay lili! operate the closure of the front contact'of relay dell? connects ground from conductor i235 over the front contact of relay'lllil'l, left front contact of relay lill l, to battery through resistance ltl, tending to shunt down relay llo. However, re-

lay ill is slow-to-release and the time during which the ground is connected in shunt of its winding during pulsing is insulcient to release it, but, should the sender send too few pulses to operate relays B2i and los?, the closure of this circuit by relay Hill?, when held operated between digits, would permit relay ll to release, opening the counting relay circuit and preventing the -dering these `register relays ineffective.

completion of the test. If the sender sends out :toc many impulses, the operation of relay llll will extend the counting relay circuit over. the lei t front contact of relay wel, left back contact of relay 222, outer lower right normal contact of key Hill, inner left contact of relay lll to the winding of relay M308 and battery. Relay W38 locks to grounded conductor i223 and in turn operates relaym69 which supplies ground to lamp Viti@ and holds relay H9635 operated, likewise preventing the advance of the test.

if the pulses from 'the sender are correct in number the operationof relay m3! will open the V.locking circuit of relay Mill? which releases, in

turn releasing relays itl! and lllilf-l. The release of relay SS06 in turn releases relay lllii which opens the locking circuit of the counting relays, releasing them, and prepares a circuit from battery through the winding of relay llllld, inner left contact of relay itil l, outer right Contact of relay illll, left back contact of vrelay lil, left front contact of relay Ill l t, to the back contact of relay w93 so that if a pulse is received before the circuits are prepared for its reception relay w03 `will be operated, blocking the test with lampsxlllll and 323 lighted.

Relay H355 when it operated closed `a circuit from gro-und at its inner right contact over con- ,ductor lll, `the outer upper'right operated contact of key i tot, conductor Hill, right front oontact of relay lllll, inner right back Contact of relay Sdi' to the winding of relay 05 which locks through the winding of relay l'l and the left back contact of relay itil to grounded conductor 223,v relay i El remaining unoperated until the release vof relay llll at the termination of the first 'reception of the second digit.l The cycle of operations above described occurs in thetesting circuit ior each digit, the transfer relays being successively reoperated VVto control the checking circuits of the corresponding digits.

In the sender, following the operation of relay the pulsing circuit controlled by relay 73! ,extended over the right front contact oi relay 836, conductor 85S, lower backcontacts of transfer relays 956, 95u, 93?, SMG, Slt, 8363, 82d, strap i353, ,conductor 22, left' back contact of counting relay lflf'l yto battery through the winding of countingrelay 84?. Counting relays 8659, 8138, llt?, Ello, 34E, 8M, Str? and 8152 are operated under the control of relay 13! to measure a time interval. Relay 8d2 when operated opens the looking circuit of transfer relay 8% which releases, relay lll@ being held energizedover its lower winding' and inner lower iront Contact to ground on conductor tilt. Relay W9 on releasing opens the locking circuit of relays i335 and 83'! which now release opening the locking circuit oi relays 8d2 to 84d, inclusive, which also release. Relay dell also disconnects the contactsof register relays 8% to Bilt, inclusive, from thecounting relays thereby ren- With relay t! iii operated and relay 8 l'l released, transfer relay Stil is operated vand locked through the upper winding of relay The next closuregof the Yback contact of Vrelayil! operates relay 853 which locks as above through'thewinding.of relay 85d which operates on the energization of relay elle() 

